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Name: Grant Morgan (+) Coming off 12-05-20 Knee INJ/Out
College: Arkansas
Number: 31
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 5-11 Weight: 224
Position: Pos2: OLB/ST
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2022
40 Low: 4.84 40 Time: 4.90 40 High: 4.95
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Projected High: HPFA Low: Tryout
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Data Scout Notes: X-HPFA/STeams/Not as Fast and skimmed down/Gritty-Instincts-Try hard LB/96TT-7TFL-6QBH in 21 **2021: BurlsworthTrophyWinner/BurlsworthFinalist...PButkus/PNagurski/PBednarik...**2020: 1stC/WCamp2nd/AFCA2nd...BurlsworthTrophyFinalist...(+) Coming off 12-05-20 Knee INJ...2017: NAC...2016: NAC/RS
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Dates: 03/09/22
Hand: 09 5/8 Arm: 30 1/2
Wingspan: 74 5/8
Height: 5111
Weight: 224
40 Yrd Dash: 4.90
20 Yrd Dash: 2.79
10 Yrd Dash: 1.68
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 21
Vertical Jump: 34 1/2
Broad Jump: 09'04"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.22
3-Cone Drill: 7.14
40 Time Range: 4.89-4.90/Projected 4.78/-15 LBs
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Grant Morgan, Arkansas, Player News
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Arkansas linebacker Grant Morgan is a finalist for another award. Morgan is one of three in the running for the Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award, which is for best leadership. Other finalists are Oklahoma safety Patrick Fields and Kentucky defensi ve end Joshua Paschal. The award winner will be announced during a ceremony in Frisco, Texas, on Feb. 17. The winner will receive a $10,000 contribution in his name to his school's fund for athletic scholarships. The Witten Award is named for pro footbal l great Jason Witten and is in its fifth season. Past winners are Shaquem Griffin of Central Florida (2017), D'Cota Dixon of Wisconsin (2018), Trey Smith of Tennessee (2019) and Sam Ehlinger of Texas (2020). - Northwest Arkansas Times
(DS#31 ILB) rSr/2022  ILB Grant Morgan, Arkansas
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2021 BURLSWORTH TROPHY WINNER: Arkansas linebacker Grant Morgan has won the prestigious Burlsworth Trophy, presented annually to the most outstanding college football player who began his career as a walk-on. Morgan, one of three finalists for this year' s award along with Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett and Troy linebacker Carlton Martial, was honored during a ceremony on Monday evening at Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Ark.He is the eighth Arkansas student-athlete in program history to win one of college football's national awards, and the first since Hunter Henry won the John Mackey Award for college football's most outstanding tight end in 2015. Morgan began his career at Arkansas as a walk-on before emerging as a two-time team ca ptain for the Razorbacks as well as one of the top players in all of college football. The Greenwood, Ark., native produced one of the greatest seasons in school history in 2020 when he was named a Walter Camp and American Football Coaches Association (A FCA) All-American after posting a team-best 111 total tackles with 7.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks. - Arkansas Football
(DS#31 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Grant Morgan, Arkansas
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Arkansas senior linebacker Grant Morgan could have easily disappeared into the sunset at the end of the 2020 season. Instead he chose to saddle up again for the Razorbacks, one of nine players who took advantage of the extra year the NCAA afforded to pla yers who were affected by the covid-19 pandemic. Morgan's return was due in large part to Arkansas coach Sam Pittman, who Morgan said brought toughness back to the program. "Pittman, he brought back football like Arkansas is supposed to be, the hard-work ing, the tough, the physical," Morgan said. "You go look at any good Arkansas team, like Darren McFadden was fast, but he would run people over...Felix Jones, the same thing. "You go look at Arkansas at its prime, you go look at smash-mouth football and that's what we want to be. We want to be a team that hits hard. You want to be a team that is not afraid of anybody, bring them to our house or we go there. "It is a simple game. We just have to make it simple and run and hit again."Morgan praised the professionalism Pittman brought in his first season leading the Razorbacks in 2020. "It just shows you well of an organization this is run by Pittman," Morgan said. "It means a ton to us. All the older guys that came back and decided that we can do it now. To have other guys buy in, like [offensive lineman] Myron Cunningham and other guys, it is a really big step in the right direction." Arkansas linebackers coach Michael Scherer said Morgan is the leader of the team, not just of the linebackers. " Grant makes my job very easy, especially this summer," Scherer said. "I know if I said 'Hey, Grant, get the guys together and do this and this and this,' it is going to get done and done right. That is the same for all the seniors I have in my room. They are just great kids and good leaders, and everyone in the room looks up to him." - Northwest Arkansas Times
(DS#31 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Grant Morgan, Arkansas
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University of Arkansas linebacker Grant Morgan was more comfortable at SEC Media Days in late July than some of the coaches. The sixth-year senior from Greenwood has a way of simply being himself and fitting in, an attitude that helps him win over teamma tes and be completely at ease in front of dozens of media members. "Something like this, it fits me, if y'all can't tell," Morgan told local reporters in a suite at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham in Birmingham, Ala. "It's really fun because I don't have to do any of the typing. I'm just talking." Morgan's play did a lot of talking in the media coverage of the Razorbacks' 3-7 covid-19 season last year. Earning his first full-time starting job at inside linebacker, Morgan racked up 111 tackles in nine games to post an FBS-best 12.3 tackles per game. He also had 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 5 pass breakups and 1 interception, which he returned for a touchdown to clinch the Hogs' 33-21 homecoming win over Ole Miss.Morgan pulled down second-team All- America recognition by the American Football Coaches Association and Walter Camp. He was one of three finalists for the Burlsworth Trophy, which is named for former UA All-American Brandon Burlsworth and given to the best player in the nation who began h is career as a walk on. Morgan is so proud of his former walk-on status, it's a symbol. "My pinned Tweet on my Twitter [account] is to remember me as a walk-on, not an All-American," Morgan said at media days. "I live my life like that. I live my life ev ery day as a walk-on. "I'm not a flashy guy. I'm not anybody who's going to be big time and try to make TikToks and all that stuff. I go to work. I do my job. I focus on football." - Northwest Arkansas Times
(DS#31 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Grant Morgan, Arkansas
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Arkansas coach Sam Pittman will be accompanied by a pair of seniors at SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala., next week. The Razorbacks' player representatives for this year's event are offensive lineman Myron Cunningham and linebacker Grant Morgan, it was anno unced Wednesday. Both players are taking advantage of the extra year of eligibility provided by the NCAA due to covid-19. Pittman, Cunningham and Morgan are scheduled to begin making the rounds July 22 at 10:30 a.m. Entering his third season at Arkansas after transferring from Iowa Central Community College, Cunningham has started 20 of 21 games played with the Razorbacks, including all 10 in 2020. He played a team-high 705 snaps last season and allowed two sacks. Morgan, a native of Greenwood, is comin g off one of the best seasons by a defensive player in program history, finishing with 111 tackles in nine games. - Northwest Arkansas Times
(DS#31 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Grant Morgan, Arkansas
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2020 ALL-SEC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): LB Grant Morgan, Arkansas,...Morgan is Arkansas' first All-SEC first team selection by the league's coaches since 2016 (Dan Skipper) and the first Razorback defender since Martrell Spaight in 2014. Morgan is tied for th e nation's lead, averaging 12.3 tackles per game while ranking second in the FBS and tops in the SEC with 111 total tackles. - Arkansas Football
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2020 BURLSWORTH TROPHY SEMIFINALIST: Grant Morgan, University of Arkansas, Linebacker, SR - Grant played in every game his first 3 seasons, amassing 101 total tackles, 39 solo, 9 TFL's, 4 QB hurries, a forced fumble, and a sack, but his Senior season has truly been special. This year, he leads the SEC and ranks 2nd in the nation in tackles per game (12.3). His 71 assisted and 111 total tackles rank him #1 and #2 respectively in the FBS, and his 19 tackles against Ole Miss are tied for 4th most tackles i n a single game this season. - Burlsworth Trophy
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Who is the most valuable player on the Arkansas football team? The discussion of late has centered on Jalen Catalon, Grant Morgan or Feleipe Franks. After Missouri's incredible rally for a 50-48 victory, the answer seemed certain. With Morgan leaning on crutches with his former high school coach Rick Jones searching for consolation words, that's the man the Razorbacks can't lose. Jones, who met Morgan at midfield after the game, won eight state titles at Greenwood and now works as an analyst for Mizzou head coach Eli Drinkwitz, an Alma native.It hurts to play without Morgan, the nation's leading tackler through the Hogs' first eight games with 104. He left at the two-minute mark of the third quarter with seven tackles. The run defense was not th e same after his exit. The front seven gave way in all areas. "He's one of our best, a captain," Pittman said. "He's one of our leaders and gets us lined up. He's made a lot of tackles for us, but more than anything else, we missed his leadership." - Nor thwest Arkansas Times
(DS#31 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Grant Morgan, Arkansas
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The Burlsworth Trophy announced 67 players nominated from Division 1 (FBS) schools from across the country for the 2020 Burlsworth Trophy. In the award's eleventh year, the Trophy is named in honor of Brandon Burlsworth, former University of Arkansas Wal k-On and All-American offensive lineman. Burlsworth's life is also the subject of a major motion picture, "GREATER", which was released in 2016. The Burlsworth Trophy is given to the most outstanding football player in American who began his career as a Walk-On and has shown outstanding performance on the field. Each nominee must have begun his first season of participation with FBS (D1) football program without financial aid of any kind from his university's athletic department. - Burlsworth Trophy
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University of Arkansas senior Grant Morgan received a national nod Monday as awards season began to heat up. Morgan, a redshirt senior from Greenwood, was named one of 16 semifinalists for the Butkus Award, which has been given to the nation's top lineba cker since 1985 by the Butkus Award Foundation. He is the only player in the country with 100-plus tackles, as his 104 stops and 13.0 tackles per game lead the nation. The 5-11, 222-pounder also has 6.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 5 pass breakups, 2 quart erback hurries and 1 interception, which he returned 23 yards for a game-sealing touchdown against Ole Miss. He also has four games with 15-plus tackles, including 19 against Ole Miss and LSU. He is the first SEC player to have two 19-tackle games in a s eason since LSU's Kevin Minter (2012). - Northwest Arkansas Times
(DS#31 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Grant Morgan, Arkansas
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Morgan, who arrived in Fayetteville as walk-on from Greenwood, shared SEC Defensive Player of the Week with Jaycee Horn of South Carolina. The Football Writers Association of America and Athlon Sports also recognized Morgan as their national Defensive Pl ayer of the Week. "We couldn't be more proud of Grant," Greenwood coach Chris Young said after Morgan made 19 tackles and returned an interception for a touchdown against Ole Miss. "I told our players the story about when Grant was a senior here and a lo cal, state college came in and wanted to see him play before they offered him a scholarship. The head coach walked into coach (Rick) Jones' office after the game and said, 'Guys, we're sorry, but I can't take him." Morgan, who was our Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Defensive Player of the Year after he helped Greenwood to a 12-1 record in 2015. Morgan followed the same path as his brother, Drew, who became an outstanding receiver at Arkansas after beginning his college career as a walk-on. Greenwoo d is known in Arkansas as a football town. Former Greenwood quarterback Jabe Burgess sang about it when he began his career as a singer and songwriter in Nashville. Perhaps Burgess needs to update the video and add shots of Morgan's performance against O le Miss. - Northwest Arkansas Times
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Arkansas linebacker Grant Morgan has picked up a pair of national player of the week honors. Fresh off a 19-tackle performance that included a 23-yard interception return for a touchdown against Ole Miss, Morgan was named the Chuck Bednarik Award nationa l player of the week Tuesday morning. Hours later, he was selected as the Bronko Nagurski Trophy national defensive player of the week. Linebacker Bumper Pool was the first Razorback to be named the Nagurski national defensive player of the week followin g the Razorbacks' win at Mississippi State. Arkansas is the first two-time winner of the award in the same season since Memphis in 2017. Morgan's 19 tackles against the Rebels are the second most by an FBS player in a game this season, trailing only Pool 's 20 in Week 2. The Greenwood native leads college football in tackles per game (13.0) and sits atop the SEC in total tackles with 52. - Northwest Arkansas Times
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The Razorbacks have three of the top four tacklers in the FBS ranks in terms of tackles per game, including linebacker Grant Morgan at No. 1 with 52 tackles on the season for an average of 13.0 per game. Razorback linebacker Bumper Pool and Missouri's Ni ck Bolton are tied for second with an average of 12 tackles per game in three outings for 36 each. The senior from Greenwood, playing with an injured left elbow, racked up a game-high 19 tackles, including 5 solo stops, 2 pass breakups and an interceptio n. Morgan returned his interception 23 yards for a game-clinching touchdown. - Northwest Arkansas Times
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OCT 19 SEC CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Grant Morgan, LB, Arkansas,...Led the team with 19 tackles, three tackles for loss and a pick-six in win over Ole Miss and now leads the nation averaging 13.0 tackles per game...19 tackles are the second most s ingle-game tackles by a player in the FBS this year, behind teammate Bumper Pool (20 tackles at MSST)...In the fourth quarter, made his first career interception, returning it 23 yards for a touchdown...Only player in the FBS since 2000 to have at least 15 tackles in a game with 3.0 tackles for loss, two passes defended and an interception return for a touchdown...Set a career-high with 3.0 tackles for loss and two passes broken up...Part of a Razorback defense that intercepted six passes for the first time in school history since 2003 versus Mississippi State, which is tied for fifth most in school history...Six team interceptions are tied for the most in a single FBS game this season...Earned Crip Hall Award given to outstanding senior on Homecoming at Arkansas. - SEC Football
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Without his counterpart at linebacker, Grant Morgan was called upon to stop an Ole Miss team that scored 48 points and put up 647 yards in its previous game against Alabama. Morgan needed only one healthy arm to answer the call. With a brace on his left arm that would barely let him move his elbow, Morgan led the team with 19 tackles, a sack, and an interception that he returned for a touchdown as the Razorbacks defeated Ole Miss 33-21 on Saturday. Morgan won the Crip Hall Award that is presented to Ar kansas' most outstanding senior on Homecoming. It was going to take more than an injured arm to keep him out of the game."It's going to have to take a lot. I love playing football. I love being a Razorback," Morgan said. "Football is a painful gam e, so if there is no pain in it, then nothing is getting done. So it's going to have to take a lot. It's going to have to come falling off." Morgan's toughness also earned him praise from Razorback quarterback Feleipe Franks. "I think it's a sign of resi lience to play through injury," Franks said. "He could easily say he couldn't go. To go out there and go and have the game he had, it showed resilience, not only with him but our defense and our team. I thought it was a really good job by him." Bumper Po ol, who was tied for first in the SEC in tackles (36) and tied for second nationally in tackles per game (12.0) going into the Ole Miss game, didn't participate in Arkansas' game against the Rebels, but the Arkansas defense wasn't deterred. - Northwest A rkansas Times
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Arkansas held Georgia to 387 yards despite the Bulldogs running 89 plays and having the ball for 36 minutes, 46 seconds as the Razorbacks' offense struggled to move and the ball with poor field position for much of the game. Georgia on average started it s 17 drives at its 41 -- including nine in the first half at that spot on average -- but Arkansas led 7-5 at halftime. "Defense, I was proud of them," Razorbacks Coach Sam Pittman said. "They got put in some terrible [situations]. "I mean, if the defense doesn't step up the first half, we could have been down three touchdowns very easy because we couldn't get it off the goal line." It was the first game as Arkansas' defensive coordinator for Barry Odom, Missouri's coach the previous four seasons. "Coach Odom had a great game plan, and I thought our kids especially on the defensive side of the ball played well," Pittman said. Linebacker Grant Morgan, a fifth-year senior making his first start, led the Razorbacks with 13 tackles. "I think this definitely shows the defensive guys we have promise," said Morgan. "It shows we can be really good, and it shows we can be really good against a really good football team." - Northwest Arkansas Times
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It has definitely sunk in for Grant Morgan that he is gearing up for his final season at Arkansas. The gritty, determined and hard-nosed linebacker from River Valley football power Greenwood High School hopes each day someone will inform him that he has four more years to suit up for the Razorbacks. That, obviously, won't happen, so he is planning to make the most of his senior year. One thing he is adamant about is leading to the best of his ability. He will do so as a team captain in 2020. "(I want to ) just be the best teammate I can be," Morgan said Tuesday via Zoom. "Showing these freshmen a good way to lead and a good way to learn and good way just to be somebody they can look to. I come every single day and just get ready to work, get a positive attitude and just be the guy I am. "Have fun and enjoy it, because you know these days are numbered. It has just been fun to see these guys grow up. Other than that it's just about playing ball at the end of the day, and that's just fun." - Northwest Ark ansas Times
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